Intent
At Lakey Lane School, we believe that Physical Education experienced in a safe, fun and supportive environment is a vital contributor to a pupil’s physical development and well-being. We believe that this physical activity can have a huge impact, not only on pupils’ health and wellbeing but also on pupils' achievement whilst at school. We therefore aim to ensure that our PE provision addresses the needs of all our pupils, including those who belong to disadvantaged, vulnerable and gifted groups.
We aim to deliver our curriculum through 3 key drivers and our 6 school values which underpin our children’s learning.
Ambition - To equip our children with the skills, knowledge, confidence and physical competence to motivate them to lead a life-long active and healthy lifestyle.
Self-belief - To appreciate their own physical skills and abilities and to know that they can continually improve these. To inspire children to be driven to do their best and develop a strong sense of resilience.
Community - To develop physical, social and leadership skills. To nurture a sense of responsibility and accountability through organising and running activities. To instill a sense of belonging and understanding of the importance of teamwork and support through intra/inter healthy competition.
Respect - To challenge and promote self-esteem through developing physical confidence and learning strategies to aid problem solving. To understand the need for rules and embed the values of fairness, cooperation and respect for others; promoting good sportsmanship.
Curiosity - To provide a balance of individual and team co-operative physical activities to cater for all needs and abilities. To inspire all children to try new physical activities and experiences and develop the confidence to explore outside their comfort zone.
Kindness - To teach children to cope with success and failure in competitive, individual and team based physical activity. Children are taught to value their own abilities and to show support and consideration to one another.
Implementation
At Lakey we harness a love for P.E and promote a healthy lifestyle through our engaging and broad P.E curriculum.
We focus on teaching fundamental movement skills in KS1 and developing them in KS2 so our children become increasingly competent and confident whilst accessing a broad range of opportunities. Children are taught to communicate, collaborate and enjoy competitive and non-competitive sport whilst developing an understanding of how to evaluate and recognise their success.
We ensure high standards of teaching and learning in PE at Lakey Lane by following the aims set out in the PE National Curriculum. There is a clear, high-quality instruction, practice and feedback cycle across every lesson implemented by Reception upwards, supported by the Complete PE resources.
Lakey Lane Primary School uses Complete PE to support Physical Education teaching, ensuring coverage and progression and supporting the delivery of the key elements of physical literacy: motor competence, rules, strategies and tactics and healthy participation.
Our curriculum is designed to encourage a long-lasting, healthy lifestyle and love for physical activity. Skills are built upon every year as our progressive curriculum has been developed to include a recap and review focus before new skills are acquired. Each year group has units for dance, gymnastics, athletics, OAA and a variety of striking & fielding games, invasion games and net & wall games. These are planned to support opportunities for competition.
Swimming is offered in KS2 and it is our intention that every child can swim at least 25m before they leave us, having also acquired water safety skills.
All year groups have 2 hour long, high-quality PE lessons each week – one indoors and one outdoors. Lakey Lane also works with the Central School Sport Partnership to support staff development and provide opportunities for our children to engage in school sport and physical activity.
- Detailed lesson structure is provided through Complete PE and supports progression of skills.
- Children are encouraged to be physically active throughout the school day through opportunities including curriculum PE, playtimes, lunchtimes and wider school activities.
- Examples of skills learned throughout a unit can be used to support assessment and evidence of learning.
- Children have opportunities to participate in competitive sport and physical activity as part of the school's developing wider offer.
For each unit of work, supporting curriculum resources identify learning expectations, skills to develop, key vocabulary and prior learning.
Pupil starting points are identified and learning and progression are assessed throughout units of work using Complete PE assessment resources.
Children are assessed in their swimming competency, including their ability to swim 25 metres, and this data is published annually on the school website.
Impact
Our children understand the importance of physical activity and how this forms part of a healthy lifestyle in terms of both physical and mental well-being. They are confident, competent and enthusiastic when it comes to being active and they enjoy being on the move.
Their understanding and demonstration of the key elements of physical literacy (motor competence, rules, strategies and tactics and healthy participation) enables them to have the confidence to participate in sport and try new activities; an attribute which will benefit them throughout all walks of life.
We measure the impact of our curriculum through the following methods:
- Pupils’ reflections and verbal discussions about their learning; evaluations at the end of each unit to assess their own development as well as pupil interviews with school leaders.
- Observing participation in school sporting events and celebrating pupils’ sporting achievements from outside of school during assemblies.